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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

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Before getting there, let’s unpack the essentials of what skill training really is. It refers to proactive measures you take to acquire new skills, knowledge and competency while increasing your value as an employee or entrepreneur. Learning new skills is paramount to success. What is professional development?

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4 Ways To Financially Support Your Employees (Other Than Raises)

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Other financial wellness benefits like student loan repayment assistance, financial education resources, retirement savings plans, and health savings accounts do more than merely provide employees with access to capital. They teach employees how to budget, plan, and prepare for anything.

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2 in 5 Employees Say A Raise Is The Answer To Preventing Burnout

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If given a raise, 39% of people would spend their raise on financial betterment such as emergency and retirement savings. . An annual raise of $1,000 (50 cents an hour) would notably improve the life of 1 in 3 low-income Americans. . Individuals are nearly 2x as likely to put a raise towards an emergency fund than towards a vacation. .

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

Seeking better benefits; health, retirement, education assistance or flexible schedule. I needed health insurance and retirement opportunities and wanted to stay within the industry I had most of my career experience in. Be prepared to highlight skills and experience related to the specific position’s requirements.

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Thriving On Change

Office Dynamics

I don’t know what is going on but everyone I have talked to is going through change, most of them are big changes like moving, career changes, health challenges, (lots) organizational change, and retirement. While some people see retirement as a good thing, my dad of 92 years old, who just retired, is struggling terribly.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

When given the opportunity to meet with someone fairly new to the profession and someone embracing an upcoming retirement to explore even more in life, I enthusiastically embrace the moment and ask several questions of each! Time to read and share professional blogs, articles, books, and webinars (most are free!). Knowledge is power.

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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

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That’s why we’ve compiled this summary of one of our recent webinars that Alice Gilman, Esq, hosted. It provides provisions aimed at improving employee retirement outcomes and makes starting 401(k) plans more attractive and beneficial for employers – even those with 50 or fewer employees. Use of skill and initiative.

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